Improvement in embroidery-patterns



R. T. SMITH. EmbroideryyPattern.

No. 2 O7. I4l. Patent ed Aug 20, 1878..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

noswn L T. SMITH, on NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

lM PROVEMENT IN EMBROIDERY-PATTERNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,141, dated August20, 1878; application filed June 26, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, ROSWELL T. SMITH, of Nashua, in the county ofHillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Perforated Gard- Board, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification,reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of fancy articles on which figures orornamental designs may be worked with worsted, silk, beads, 82c.

The object of my invention is to provide a material for the manufactureof such fancy articles wherein the design or pattern to be worked andthe various places for inserting the needle carrying the silk or worstedis indicated without stamping or otherwise marking the cloth upon whichthe design is to appear.

In the drawing,I1igure 1 is a plan view of my invention, showing oneside or surface only of the material. Fig. 2 is a transverse section ofFig. 1 upon the line a: w.

Arepresents a piece of ordinary card-board, which may be perforated atregular intervals, as shown at a, throughout a portion of its surface,said perforations indicating any desired pattern or design, that shownin the drawing being the figure of a stork standing upon a base. B, Fig.2, represents a piece of cloth, of any suitable color, corresponding insize and shape to the sheet of card-board upon which itis laid, thecloth and card-board being secured together by either gluing the edgesof the cloth to the surface of the card-board, or in any suitablemanner, so that it shall lie smoothly upon the surface of thecard-board. The latter may be cut into any shape desiredto form thefront of a slipper-case, a wall-pocket, bracket, or

other article.

When the cloth and cardboard are united in the manner described thearticle is ready for sale as an article of manufacture and trade, itbeing intended that the person who buys it shall complete it by fillingin the figure indicated on the card-board with silk, worsted, or othermaterial, said figure being intended to appear upon the cloth side ofthe article. To do this the card-board should be held in the left hand,and the needle threaded with silk or other material should be passedthrough one of the perforations in the card-board and drawn out throughthe cloth. The needle should then be passed back through the cloth intothe next adjoining perforation in the cardboard, this operation beingrepeated until the complete design appears upon the outer face orsurface of the cloth, and the desired effect is produced.

The perforations in the card-board indicate the exact figure to beworked and theextent to which the surface of the cloth is to-be coveredby the silk, worsted, or beads. What is equally important, also, is thefact that said perforations indicate the exact points at which theneedle should be introduced at each stitch, and thus all irregularityand unevenness in the work is avoided, and an elegant and finisheddesign can be produced by persons who are not experienced in the art ofembroidery.

Instead of perforating only a portion of the cardboard, as shown in thedrawing, a sheet of ordinary perforated board may beused, and thedesired pattern or figure may be drawn or printed upon it. I haveindicated this method inthe drawing,which shows theletterH printed uponthe perforated part.

It is evident that the operator can easily follow such a design, thedrawing upon the cardboard indicating the exact figure to be filled out,and the perforations indicating the exact points at which the needleshould be introduced in order to complete the pattern in a regular andelegant manner. It is also evident that, instead of specific designs,such as those described, any independent pattern may be used. It is alsoevident that it is wholly unnecessary to perforate the cloth, as well asthe board, since the former 05ers no obstruction to the passage of theneedle and the silk or worsted, and there is a manifest advantage inavoiding any perforation of the cloth, since its threads are cutthereby, and the fabric weakened and made liable to become frayed.Moreover, it is more difficult to conceal suchperforations when formedin the cloth, and as its firmness and body are affected, the embroideryplaced thereon is not so apt to appear firm and regular, and does notwear as well.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The method described of embroidering upon textile or other fabrics,by laying the said fabric upon card-board having an ornamental designindicated thereon by perforations, or by lines placed within theperforated space, or by an independent pattern placed thereon, andembroidering through said card -board from the under side, so that thedesign will appear in proper position upon the cloth, as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, an embroidery-pattern consisting ofa sheet of cardboard having a piece of textile or other fabric laid onand suitably connected to one of its surfaces, said card-board having anornamental figure or design indicated thereon, in the manner and for thepurpose set forth.

ROSWELL '1. SMITH. Witnesses:

GHAs. G. A. EAYSS, O. E. P. SMITH.

